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RENEW FIGHT ON
“STOLENIIOTES"
ATGHIGAGO
Hadley, for T. R.. Starts De
bate of Three Hours on Re
versing Contests.
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Senator Borah. one of the men who had
«tgncd the statement. Rorah's name
a-as cheered.
Next Hadley spoke of Frank B. Kel
logg. who also signed the statement.
He was cheered when he suggested that
he would pass over Io other names on
the list. There were shouts of "Go on."
When the name of Ward, of New
Tork. was reached It brought forth
cheers.
"Ward," said Hadley, "does not certi.
fy a list of delegates simply on the
ground of the candidates they have
agreed to support.
"The different cases will be presented
by representatives of the different
states, but I will tell you how in Cali
fornia, where the delegates were elect
ed by 77.000 plurality, two delegates
were turned out because in one district
it could not be determined how many
votes the Roosevelt men had.
"No Judge Shall Sit
In His Own Case.’
He referred briefly to Texas and
other states.
"Then will cotne the question of who
shall vote on this motion. It is our
contention th#t only those not involved
in the contests should be allowed to
vote on the motion "
• Hadley then referred again to the
precedents of the former conventions.
He asserted that these precedents were
against the contested delegates voting.
In concluding, he said:
"It is written in the lew of England
that no man shall sit as a judge in his
own case. We contend that no dele
gate is entitled to vote whether he shall
benefit in the frauds that it is alleged
were perpetrated."
The men who signed the report we >•
William E. Borah, of Idaho: Frank B.
Kellogg, of Minnesota. George A
Knight, of California: T Coleman Du
pont. of Delaware. A. R Burnam. of
Kentucky. Pearl Wight, of T/wistaria;
John G. Capers, of South Carolina; M
r. Monday, of Tennessee: Sidney Bie
ber, of the District of Columbia: Cecil
Lyon, of Texas: Thomas Thorson, of
South Dakota; William 1.. Ward, of
New York: James Kennedy of North
Dakota, and C. E. Loose, of I tali.
James Watson yielded ten minutes
of Ills time to W T. Dovell. of Wash
ington. He said:
On the day of our state convention
in Washington a presidential candi
date charged that an attempt was made
to steal the delegates from him. Let
me tell you of the facts so you will sec
how reckless that statement was."
He gave a brief history of the Wash
ington sttae convention, defending inc
state delegation.
"A minority of those in our conven
tion went to another place in the city
•nd held h mass meeting and elected
the men who appealed and demanded
seats here.
"It may be possible we cm not hold
out seats, but so long as we do It must
be done under the rules. Understand,
ne have no primary law in Washing
ton. It is utterly false that Roosevelt
ever carried the state in a primary
Groans and Hisses for
Washington Taft Man.
"A man named Murphy for Roose
velt packed one convention with 150
men who had no seats there and called
that a primary. Every man who par
ticipated in that primary was a vio
lator of our law and because of that
the Taft men did not vote. They cast
but from 3,000 to 6,099 when there
were over 100.000 votes. In the face o*
that the gentleman at Oyster Bay de
clared he eariied Seattle by 8 to t
"Our committee passed upon ou
contests and declared our men regular.
Every time a delegation war. elected
in our state for Mr. Taft they present
ed a delegation for the purpose of con
testing our men and now thev ask that
this sort of a delegation vote on the
temporary organization here.'’
Dovell tried to go oi , but g. >ans and
hisses greeted him
"Gentlemen of the contention, I conic
here with my hand on my heart smi
K tell you that what 1 have -aid is God’s
truth."
Again a great groan r-.H-'-g ln ,
Uulldiing drowned Dovell s \ i. e and h<
stepped buck
William B. Hackenbtick. a a. I, gate-
J at-large, atarted Dovell's troubles when
he insisted upon knowing how many
votes President Roosevelt re. eived and
how many of his men were named by
the King county committee of Wash
ington. Fred S. Lewis, another dele
i gate on the floor, also shouted ques
tions. It was the effort of these mtn
which turned the crowd against Dovell
ment.
Henry .1. Allen, of Kansas, was git.
twenty minutes of Governor Hadley s
time. Alien began by quoting f- >m
the speech of Chairman Root last night
"We will keep the covenant of our fa
thers ’
"That covenant is between the weak
and the strong," he said.
"I am here to represent the state o:
Washington because the regularly
elected delegation, headed by Senator
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vention.
"The gentleman who preceded me
said about 3,000 votes were east in
Kings county, Washington. The exact
facts are that Roosevelt got 6.200 votes
and Taft got f.oo. and that was about
the proportion to which he was enti
tled."
“Are you going to abide by the de
cision of tills convention?" demanded
l’< rnandano Ha tford, of New Hamp
shire.
The convention broke into an up
roar.
"I will abide by the decision of this
convention," bellowed Allen. "I will
support the nominee of the convention,
but only on one condition—that the
nomination shall not be brought about
by fraud."
Former Senator James A. Hernen
way. of Indiana, then spoke against
the motion.
’ He's a contested delegate," shouted
some one in the Maryland delegation.
"I am not here for any delegate,
whether Taft or Roosevelt," said Hem
enway.
"Under the rules of the national
committee it makes up the temporary
roll of the convention. The committee
heard for two weeks the evidence In
these contests.
"There are fourteen members of the
body who now come here and ask you
to reverse the national committee with
out hearing the evidence.
"There are 39 members who do not
t.ign this protest. 1 am not saying,
gentlemen, that the men not re-elected
on the committee were repudiated.
Kellogg was not. and New was not.
They did not want to go back. Who
are these other men? I am not par
ticularly proud of T. Dupont, of the
power trust. He's no better than Har
ty New, and 1 would not believe him
any sooner than I would the other man.
You can not hear the. evidence now.
Following the rules of older, the evi
dence has been beard and irguments
heard.
Pentose and Flynn s
Names Bring Uproar.
"Penrose above Flynn every time,"
shouted Hemenway at one point, with
1 the result that a great cheer arose and
I rolled through the building. William
! Barnes, of New York, shook his head
at Hemenway w hen he attacked Lyon.
A delegate in the Pennsylvania seats
1 insisted upon questioning the speaker.
Root advanced on the platform and
shouted:
"The delegates from Pennsylvania
will suffer in their cause If they refuse
to hear «> decent argument. We will
have order in this convention or the
people who are responsible w ill suffer
for It in tin estimation of the Amer
ican people."
Frank Record, of New Jersey, then
spoke in support of Governor Hadley’s
motion. He said he had been assigned
to "Ariz.oner" and "Indianer" eases, and
he called them.
He asserted tliey were documents of
human interest. He declared the Ari
zona convention resolved Itself Into
two Separate bodies, resulting in two
delegations being sent. He charged the
Taft delegates with being the bolt
ers.
Record's talk was dull and there was
a great deal of confusion. His voice
did not carry far. Cries for order re
sulted in a few bungs of the gavel. The
speaker had trouble In being heard, but
persisted.
Indian.) Delegation
Thrown Into Confusion.
William E English, of ’ndianupolis.
interrupted to ask;
"Wasn't the decision of the com
mittee unanimous .”'
Het bel t Parsons, of New York, asked
regarding affidavits that were tiled
I with the national committee. Record
cited some of the facts in the affidavits
that were filed but not read by the
committee. The Indiana delegation
was throw n into confusion a moment
later Hemenway rose to. ask a ques
tion Record refused to answer. Eng
lish injected himself into the pro
ceeding's again, saying there were no
contests in Indianapolis.
Delegate William Holton Dye, of No
blesville, Ind.. Jumped to his feet.
There were hundreds of people who
km < there were Contests in Indiana."
. he eri-d.
Englisn Jumped to his feet and for a
loment it looked as though English
and live would clash Thev were sep
arated by their friends
Recoid proceeded. His remarks con
(lining the Indianapolis primary be
t came so hot that Mayor Samuel Lewis
Shank, of Indianapolis considered it a
’ persona! affront.
"No one can call me a liar.” tie cried,
land jumped from ills seat in the front
‘'row. He started tow ard the platform,
k "No man can say that I was Improp
erly elected anti not have a fight on Ills
hands.” . , ied the infuriated potato
king mayor.
' Other <!<■ < -gates seized his fluttering
'••at tails and dragged him back to his
chair.
The I mark to which Shank objected
■ an insinuation that the Indlanap-
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Shank was nominated in a city pri
mary.
When this outbreak occurred anothM
effort was made to restore order.
Root was unable to get order, and
John M. Harlan boomed out the an
nouncement that ticket holders in the
galleries would not be permitted to re
turn again if they left their seats.
"There will be a pause of five min
utes in the hope that every one will
make up his or her mind as to what
tiie.;.' wish to do,” he said.
The announcement of a five-minute
pause resulted in gre ( at confusion, ail
of those on the Main floor arising and
walking about. Hundreds availed them
selves of the opportunity to leave the
hall during the pause, which ran over
five minutes.
During the recess the band played
"Dixie," which, of course, aroused
cheers and applause.
At the end of ten minutes Chair
man Root again called for order. He
hanged his gavel continually anu the
noise slowly died out.
Record again attacked his subject
with little (difficulty. because the noisy
people had quieted.
"I press home the charge that when
a man is Indicated on a charge of fraud
and crookedness, that man should not
be permitted to sit in Judgment on that
chaige,” shouted Record.
"The conscience of the American
people will revolt if we pack this hall
and nominate a man under those cir
cumstances, and the great Republican,
party will he Injured thereby.”
Protest Greets
Thrust at Hadley.
Thomas H. Devine, who sal in the
national committee from Colorado,
spoke against Governor Hadley's mo
tion. He said:
"I am surprised at Governor Had
ley’s statements of his opinion of the
39 committeemen because when the
Missouri case was up I met him and he
asked 'What are you going to do?’
"I told him I was going to vote tor
his delegation. He si id then he intend
ed saying something nice. I waited for
him to say it, but I am afraid it is one
more of his Missouri gentlemen's agree
ment.”
A great row of protest went up from
the crowd.
Devine was frequently interrupted,
but went on.
"One hundred and seven counties
down in Texas are prairie dog coun
ties and have no Republicans, but
Lyon fixed up a delegation anyway,
and by his tactics has stifled 50,000
voti s at a time.”
Questions hurled from all sides at
Devine resulted in such disorder that
Chairman Root- again cautioned tile
crowd.
"1 do not know whether you want to
hear what is said on this serious ami
Imporatant question, but I do know
this. that. If the gentleman seated on
the other side of this aisle does not
cease his disorderly conduct, delegate
or not. the sergeant-at-arms will re
move him from the hall,” said Root.
The remarks were addressed to Del
egate W. H. Featherstone from Texas,
who was talking to those around him
and creating confusion. Featherstone
was talking loudly with J. ( . Scott and
H. M. Moore, delegates from his own
state. |
tn spite of Mr. Root's efforts, disor
der continued.
Devine again proceeded. He read
from an affidavit' charging "manu
factured” credentials throughout the
state.
"What did McGregor do?' cried a
delegate.
“That Is the way that Cecil |Aon
did and was enabled to control party
polities of Texas and run the 90 coun
ties' and make himself national com
mitteeman from that state." went on
Devine
Taft Texan
Defends Lyon
"The national committee, in hand
ling these cases, did what honorable
gentlemen should, and I want to say
that those gentlemen who east their
votes to seat these delegates did what
they thought was right an" according
to their consciences.”
As. Devine left the platform there
was a storm of cheers and groans.
Cries of "Hadley. Hadley we«e hurled
at the speaker as he backed away, his
brow steaming
C. C. Littleton, of Toxas, came in
the unique capacity of a lust parti
san to defend the Republicans of Tex
as and Cecil Lyon from the ai tacks
that I'.ad Jus: been made on both. It
was 2:36 o’clock when lie got to the
stand.
He denied that the management of
Ceci! Lyon had cut the Republican
voi* ot Texas.
"It was the .-late aw requiring the
negroes to pay poll lax that cut the
vote.” he said.
■| have worked with Cecil Lyon for
fourteen year.-, and I have worked
against him I speak In his defense
through friendship for Cecil Lyon .’
“Whom are you here for?” called a
delegate.
"1 am not seeking here to change
one vote one way or the other." re
plied Littleton.
• If I could I would make it for Mr.
Taft. 1 am going to vote for him my
self.”
First Outburst
For President.
John D. McKay, of Michigan. next
took the platform, speaking for the
Taft faction.
"I had hoped in the interest of fair
play that they would leave the state
of Michigan out." he said.
He flatly stated that if any on.-
swore the Taft delegates were not
falrlcy elected, he would be guilty of
perjury
McKay is the man who Is supposed
to have controlled the Wayne county
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convention, in this convention it was
charged that the Taft men rode over
the Roosevelt men. McKay asserted
that the Wayne county convention was
properly called and that the Roose
velt rnen gathered In a corner and
waved their arms and shouted for a
few minutes and then adjourned, say
ing they had elected delegates to the
state convention.
McKay tolfl them of the Bay City
Convention - Militia, he said, had been
called to put the Taft men out. A
moment later, when McKay mentioned
Taft, saying the president had car
ried the state by a big plurality, for
the first time since the convention be
gan, there was a. genuine outburst in
favor of the president. He was cheer
ed roundly both by the delegates and
the people in the gallery. The cheer
ing lasted for two or three minutes.
M. L. Calvin, of Kenutcky, spoke in
opposition to the Hadley motion.
"Charges are made against the Repub
lican party of Kenutckv. and as men
of Kentucky love thata state and hate
the men who insult tfs. for what pur
pose I do not know.”
“Trying To Seat
A Democrat Here.’’
"The strangest thing set out any
where came in our case. Some of them
did not claim to have held credentials,
but still they claimed scats.”
He declared that all the strength the
Roosevelt party had in the state con
vention made him several hundred
votes short.
The sentiment of Kentucky, he de
clared, is for Taft. He spoke of the
delegates at large which were not con
tested. Governor Hadley called his at
tention to this fact.
"I know," he cried, "you did not have
the temerity to start one there, and I
want this convention to know the
facts.”
"No, no: be fair," cried several del
egates.
He then detailed the Eleventh Ken
tucky delegation contest. Here the
Roosevelt men controlled and they
used that control to violate every
known rule of the convention, he de
clared.
"One of the men they want to sub
stitute in the place of Mr. Stall in our
delegation is registered In his home as
a Democrat, and yet they want you
to seat him here —a Democrat.”
Ousted Delegate
Claims Seat.
At this point a Mississippi delegate
created a stir by trying to speak from
his seal in the gallery and demanded
the place from which the national com
mittee ousted him.
■'Thieves,” he cried, "have stolen my
seat." The chair ruled that be was
out of order. The convention was
thrown into temporary confusion.
The Taft followers came to their feet
with a prolonged session of cheering
when James E. Watson, of Indiana,
came at 3 o’clock to speak against the
Roosevelt program. ' The delegates
climbed on their chairs, waved papers
and shouted applause for the speaker.
He said that the question before the
convention had been thoroughly placed
before the delegates. The national
committee had held sessions day after
day and had received all of the evi
dence and affidavits possible to get.
The committee, he said, had only
voted after the most patient hearing.
"Did you think that you are suf
ficiently informed upon the selection
of these delegates to pass upon their
eases?” he asked.
Big Demonstration
For Hadley Begins.
At 3:12 m. a great demonstration
began for Governor Hadley. He stood
at the front of the platform while dele
gates from states that had held prt
marie-- shrieked and cheered
When the demonstration had lasted
nearly five minutes, Ohio. ‘lndiana,
Pennsylvania, Illinois, California, Wis
consin, South Dakota and Kansas were
taking part. The cheering was re
doubled when the California delegation
unfurled its big yellow Roosevelt ban
ners. The delegates were standing on
their cheers shouting and cheering and
waiving hats, handkerchiefs, etc.
The gallery took only a small part in
the demonstration.
The Missouri standard was plucked
from its place and waved in the air.
The demonstration started when Del
egate James Watson, of Indiana, re
ferred to the possible position Hadley
would take In settling the contests at
issue before the convention.
The delegates called for Hadley. He
came to the front of the platform.
The Oklahoma standard followed
that of California. At 3:20 the demon
stration had been in progress seven
minutes. The Ohio standard was
plucked from its place and carried up
and down the hall. The cheering broke
out with renewed vigor.
The New York delegates were wav
ing their hands at the other delegates,
but had at that time taken no part in
the demonstration.
Start Marching
Around the Hall.
The N-v Jerse,' standard was
plucked from Its place and the delega
tion began a march around the hall.
They were marching to the Missouri
section. North Carolina. Missouri and
West Virginia standards joined New-
Jersey.
The Roosevelt delegates, led by R. R._
McCormick, of Chicago, were shouting:
"Thou shalt not steal!"
They were attempting to make a
chorus of shout.
Ex-Senator Chauncey-M. Depew said
at 3:21:
"It looks to me as though this were
all over. This means Hadley."
Minnesota. California. "Kansas and
Nebraska, Soyth Dakota, Maine, Penn
sylvania, Massachusetts and Missouri
marched around the hail. The cry of
the Roosevelt men changed to "Had
ley! Hadle.y! Thou shalt not steal!”
Minnesota delegates shouted: "Had
ley! Hadley! We want Hadley!”
The cheering was still going on at
3:22 p, m.
Flynn, of Pennsylvania, said:
“The demonstration means Feddv,
not Hadley."
Hadley, who had been standing at
the front of the speakers’ platform,
withdrew to the speaker’s table.
Watson. Indiana, said to favor a
compromise candidate, was talking
with Hadley and laughing.
The Missouri delegation marched by
the speaker’s stand.
"We are tor Hadley,” they shouted.
The demonstration had then gone on
for eleven minutes. The demonstration
started when Watson said under cer
tain conditions Hadley would favor
submitting this -question to a creden
tials committee.
"How about it, Hadley?” cried the
delegates.
Hadley arose ot. a question of per
sonal privilege.
"Hoyv about it, Hadley?” the dele
gates shouted.
The Missouri governor advanced to
the front of the platform and the dem
onstration began. He got no chance to
explain.
The Illinois delegation at 3:26 began
a counter -cry, shouting: "Teddy;
Teddy; we want Teddy'”
Everybody in Hall
Standing on Chair.
Enthusiasm began to die down
slightly at 3:27. although almost every
person in the house was standing on
his chair.
National Committeeman Ward, ot
New York, declared the demonstration
a prepared scheme to see how Hadley
would go if Roosevelt is not strong
enough to name himself for president.
Roosevelt strength. Ward said, would
be thrown to Hadley if Roosevelt could
not win.
Colonel Edwin Thayer, assistant
sergeant-at-arms, advanced to the
speaker’s table to talk to Hadley. The
California bear returned to its place
after a march around the hall. Some
of the Californians shouted: "Teddy!”
and some shouted “Hadley!”
Len Small and William Cooke, Lori
mer men. held the Illinois standard
while the demonstration was in prog
ress to prevent its being sung to Had
ley. The demonstration at 3:30 had
broken out with renewed vigor, but
was gradually swinging to a Roosevelt
demonstration. From all parts of-the
house came the cry: "We want Teddy!
We want Teddy!” It swung out rhyth
mically. Taft men were replying:
"You won't get him; you won’t get
him.”
Breaks Out Again
In Full Force.
At 3:35 the demonstration broke ou’
again in full force.
AV. H. Coleman, of McKeesport. Pa.,
came to the front of the platform to
lead the cheering. The delegates were
again upon their feet yelling and
cheering.
Even on the speaker's platform most
of the men were standing.
“They were Roosevelt men in that
march, and they were shouting foi
Hadley," said Colonel New, of Indiana
"It looks to me like the end of Teddy,
the Terrible."
A woman in the gallery was wav
Inga picture of Roosevelt Gallery
and delegates cheered madly. They
shouted "Roosevelt!" and “Teddy!’’
The demonstration had then lasted 29
minutes.
Timothy Woodruff, of New York
said at 3:40.
"I don t think this will elect a nomi
nee.’
The woman in the gallery who dis
played the Roosevelt picture was also
wildly waving a < antornia standard.
1’ was the golden pole surmounted by
the golden grizziy, wniiti has stood in
the center of the space occupied by the
Golden State delegates.
The woman was tad. slender and
beautiful.
She was dressed in white and a big
bunch of pink roses were In her belt.
All the delegates standing crowded
into the aisles. The woman was Mrs.
W. A. Davis, 4231 Drexel boulevard.
A number of states were still parad
ing at 3:42 p. m. Pennsylvania and
Ohio started on a new circuit of the
hall.
Chairman Root held the same view
of / the situation as Committeeman
Ward. He thought the demonstration
was Intended to try out Roosevelt and
Hadley sentiment. Some of the older
members of the political old guard
were talking “stampede."
Mrs Davis came down from the gal
lery, led a march around the hall and
was raised to the stand .The Okla
homa delegation escorted ’her to the
stand. She was raised to the press
stand seats.
Tried Vainly To
Clear Floor.
Cheering delegates crowded around
her.
Persons from all parts of the hall
crowded toward the platform, some of
the visitors made their nay from the
I ST heneV
galleries. When the demonstration
had lasted 34 minutes Sergeant-at-
Arms Stones pushed forward, ap
parently in an effort to clear the plat
form.
Newspaper men were fighting to
keep the cro,wd off the tables where
their telegraph instruments were lo
cated.
At 3:44 West Virginia and Nebraska
were still circling about the hall.
The sergeant-at-arms were endeav
oring to clear the halt
At 3:45 the speaker's gavel fell. It
was a signal for renewed cheering.
Colonel Thayer stood at the front of the
platform cirecting his sergeant-at
arms to clear the aisles. Many of the
delegates returned to their seats.
The cheering was dying down, but
the hall was still in wild confusion.
At 3:46 the cheering broke out again,
led by Minnesota delegates. Mrs. DavD
had returned to her seat in the gallery
and she delegates were cheering her.
At 3:49 the chering had practically
ended.
Threatened to
Put Mrs, Davis Out.
The hall was in such contusion that
it was impossible to proceed. Ser
geant-at-Arms Stone ordered the del
egates to take their seats and the
aisles were cleared.
The real strength of the demonstra
tion lasted 40 minutes.
Governor Hadley appeared on the
platform after the demonstration
closed and the chering started again.
It died quickly. In the meantime As
sistant Chief Schuettler took Mrs,
Davis to her seat and told her if she
did not subside he would put her out
of the building.
Then the work of the convention was
resumed.
When Governor Hadley was recog
nized by the chair after the demon
stration. he said:
"Mr. Watson yields to me to make
a statement. When he said I was in
favor of sending this to the commit
tee on credentials I, thought the gen
erality of that might cause a misun
derstanding.
“I told him Governor Deneen in
tended to offer an amendment that
this go to the committee on ereden
tiajs and no member now in cohtest
be permitted to vote or sit on the com
mittee.
“I advised Mr. Watson that I would
favor Governor Deneen’s amendment
and have it go to the committee on
credentials in such a wav that no man
could be a judge on his own case."
"By mutual agreement there has
been no misunderstanding, but the de
bate is closed and I now move to lay
the motion of Governor Hadley on the
table," said Mr. Watson, who came im
mediately to the stand. He amended
his motion almost immediately by mov
ing that Governor Hadley’s motion be
referred to the committee on creden
tials.
Deneen Amends
Watson Motion.
Governor Deeneen, of Illinois, moved
an amendment to the Watson motion
in the form of a substitute that no
member of the convention whose right
to sit in was questioned
should have a right to vote on the
action of the committee or upon its
report when submitted.
Governor McGovern seconded the
motion of Governor- Deneen.
Chairman Root, responding to a de
mand from New York, directed Secre
tary Gleason to read the Deneen mo
tion 'hrough the megaphone. Gleaso’i
said:
“Mr. Watson had moved that the mo
tion of Governor Hadley be referred
to the committee on credentials when
appointed. Governor Deneen has mov
ed to amend that motion by providing
that the contested delegates shall not
vote on the matter of he selection of
a member of the committee on cre
dentials or on the report of the com
mittee when presented. The motion
Mr. Watson has moved to lay on the
table "
Both New York and Virginia dele
gates demanded to know if under the
Deneen motion the members of on
contested delegation would be prevent
ed from voting in any other contest.
"That is the understanding," said
Chairman Root.
"The understanding of the chair is
that if the Deneen motion prevails no
one of the delegates named In the Had
iey motion can vote on any of the
other 72.”
The chair then ordered the calling
of the roll upon the motion of Mr.
W atson to lay the Deneen motion on
the table. "Aye" votes were conse
quently for the Taft side and "No"
votes for Roosevelt.
Platform Against
Judicial Recall
CHICAGO, June 19 Here In sub
stance is the tentative draft of tlv
platform of the Republican party as It
has been outlined by the leaders who
have been working for the last four
days on that momentous document:
"The Republican party declares its
unchanging faith in government of the
people end for the people. It reaffirms
its devotion to the fundamental prin
ciples of constitutional government es
tablished by the fathers; those princi
ples which make provision for orderly
and effective expression of the popular
will, for the protection of civil liber
ties and the essential rights of man and
for the interpretation of the law by an
independent and untrammeled judlci
a ry.
"It will take no part in either the
changing or the overturning of the
American form of government.
"The Republican party is a party of
progress and it is prepared to go for
ward with the solution of those new
problems which social, economic and
political developments have brought
into the forefront of the nation’s in
terest.
Child Labor Opposed.
"It will strive to enact necessary
legislation to safeguard she public
health, to limit effectively the labor of
children who should be at school, to
protect wage earners in dangerous oc
cupations, to substitute the principlf
of working men's compensation for
suits at law to recovet damages in case
of injury, to retain public ownership
and control of those natural resources
that are still the public property and
to satisfy the just demands for the
study and solution of complex and
constantly changing problems of social
welfare.
“In dealing with these questions it
is vitally important that the rigtits of
every individual to the freest possible
development of his own powers and
resources and to the control of his own
justly acquired property shall not be
interfered with or destroyed.
"The Republican party reaffirms its
intention to uphold at all times tiie au
thority and integrity of the courts both
state and Federal and it will ever in
sist that their power to enforce their
processes and to protect life, liberty
and property should be preserved in
violate.
Against Judicial Recall.
"The Republican, party is opposed to
what is known as the recall of Judges,
or to the recall of judicial decisions.
Questions Os law can not be wisely set
tled by popular vote. The public is
better represented and better protect
ed by the careful selection of tl»e ju
diciary than by the recall of judges
under the pressure of disappointments,
clamor or revenge.
“Together with peaceful and order
ly development at home, the Republi
can party earnestly favors all meas
ures for the establishment and protec
tion of the peace of the world and for
the development of closer relations be
tween the various nations of the world.
It believes most earnestly in the peace
ful settlement in all international dis
putes and m the reference of all jus
tifiable controversies between nations
to an international court of justice,
"The Republican party is opposed to
special privilege and to monopoly. It
placed upon the statute books the anti
trust act of 1890, and it lias consistent
ly and successfully' enforced the pro
visions of that law. It will take no
backward step to permit the re-estab
lishment in any degree of condition*
which were intolerable.
For Trust Legislation.
"The Republican party favors the
enactment of legislation supplementary
to the existing anti-trust act, which
shall define as criminal offenses the
specific acts which uniformly mark at
tempts to restrain and monopolize
trade to the end that those w r ho hon
estly intend to obey the law may have
a guide for their actions and that those
who aini to violate the law may be the
more surely punished.
‘The Republican party will support
the prompt scientific inquiry into the
causes which are operative both in the
United States and elsewhere to in
crease the cost of living, and, when the
exact facts are known, to take the nec
essary steps to remove any abuses that
may be found to exist in order that
the cost of the food, clothing and shel
ter of the people may in no way ba
unduly or artificially increased."
“We Have the Bull By
The Horns.”—McKinley.
Just before the convention opened,
Congressman McKinley, Taft’s mana
ger, Issued a brief statement. He said;
"We have the bull by the horns.
There is no doubt as to President Taft’s
victory, as yesterday’s poll gives ths
only true indication of the situation.
Os course, it is to be expected that
efforts to belittle the seating of Etihu
Root as temporary chairman are being
made by the opposition. No matter
what way they figure, Roosevelt is
without a chance. He has dropped be
hind over 70 votes. This can not be
overcome.
“We are in favor of giving the dele
gates for Roosevelt or any other candi
date full time to argue all the debat
able points on the floor. Such oppor
tunity can only strengthen the poll of
votes for Taft.
"I can not conceive that a bolt wilt
be made by the Roosevelt delegates
The events of yesterday served to em
phasize the weakness of Roosvelt. He
did not dare to come out in the open,
but chose to hide behind the skirts oi
some other man.
“There Is no doubt but w hat the plan
to side-track Botah and put McGovetS
in his place was all cut and dried before
the opening of the convention."
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